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• #11227
I repotted a peony and it flowered the next year. It wasn't even the best time to move it. Maybe pot luck but maybe they're not all as fussy as reputed.
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• #11228
I've got 3 peonies, one does well as it's in a bit of a sunny spot and in a bed which is well drained, the other 2 are in quite heavy soil and a bit shady and in 4 years haven't done much so going to move them
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• #11229
Number one thing for peonies apparently is not to plant them too deep or they won't flower
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• #11230
Just what exactly is going on with compost these days? I’ve tried a few and every one seems to be crap. I put plants in and they barely grow. What do they put in? It feels like it’s made entirely of coconut husk.🤔
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• #11231
Peat free. Better for the environment.
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• #11232
I'm a fan of the Silvagrow stuff with added seaweed, but it's a bit pricey.
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• #11233
Have a look online, there are some compost brands left that are ok.
Fertilizer is cheap enough, some people say the wood bits in it breaking down take nitrogen out of the soil, which makes it less useful for most plants.
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• #11234
Sylvagrow is good, also Dalefoot with wool is great for hanging baskets.
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• #11235
Yup that's the one, at least I know the name now so thanks and good luck with yours flowering.
Plenty of water but not drowned and in a nice sunny spot seemed to do the trick for us.
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• #11236
Decided next year I'll buy better compost, the stuff I bought this year just went waterlogged and developed a rock hard crust.
Off to Google silva grow.....
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• #11237
You'll need something to fill your new raised beds....
On gravel retention to match galvanised beds; if you have an angle grinder, why not cut strips of corrugated iron roofing which is already galvanised?
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• #11238
Apparently decided going to be edged in big pebble looking things.
Been looking at dumpy bags of soil versus dumpy bags of compost. Read that the bottom can be filled with all sorts of wood / branches that rot down.
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• #11239
You normally find people giving soil away on FB marketplace if you're able to transport (and shovel) it.
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• #11240
Thanks :) I'm not on FB but will ask my wife to keep an eye out
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• #11241
Greenhouse beginning to produce
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• #11242
Sheeiitt! Them’s some vigorous looking tomatoes.
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• #11243
İf you're not familiar with the concept, have a g**gle for Hügelkultur.
Using slow decaying branches/timber in the lowest layer of a raised bed to transform it into a long term compost heap.
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• #11244
I’m a big believer in this. Twigs, grass clippers, wood chip, logs, then fill up with compost.
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• #11245
Grafted plants. Never tried them before
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• #11246
Thanks, I'll look at that. I started a half arsed attempt at a compost heap in another part of the garden which could be a good source for the lower part of the bed :)
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• #11247
Whenever I build raised beds I fill them with 50:50 soil and compost mix which I buy by the ton bag at about £90 per bag. This lot took 7 ton bags....
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• #11248
There is a risk of flatworms, seeds from invasive plants and other nasties if you accept soil from others.
If it's really close I guess it's same nasties as you have anyway but FYI.
Good luck with the compost heap!
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• #11249
They are huge!
Mine are maybe 2 inches across. In soil and moneymaker strain grown from seeds.
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• #11250
I have string
String levels are also handy, you can make as long a level line as you can make a taught piece of string.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/stabila-builders-line-level-3-80mm-/5494x
I’ve got some peony’s in a raised bed but I want to move them. If I do will they take another 3 years to establish? Just something I heard on the grapevine